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Financial forecasts against city backdrop

Capital Markets & Investment Banks

Scott Logic was founded in 2005 by Gary Scott, who was Head of Fixed Income Analytics at Lehman Brothers. Since then, we have worked with eight of the ten biggest investment banks, three of the top five UK retail banks, and a number of other financial services organisations.

Our extensive history in developing technology solutions for capital markets and investment banks makes us a reliable, high-quality partner to the financial services industry. In an era of outsourcing and offshoring, we stand apart by providing permanent, UK-based consultants with hands-on experience of this complex market.

How we can help

We have an in-depth understanding of the financial services industry’s strict regulations and demanding users, and how to develop technology solutions that meet those challenges. The types of projects we can support your business with include:

Trading platforms

Develop user-friendly, customisable applications for traders and investors to interact with.

Research portals

Build reliable, easy-to-use databases housing vast amounts of information.

Data warehousing and visualisation

Create interactive and accessible systems to analyse and report on data.

Regulatory reporting

Build tools and workflows to meet stringent reporting requirements.

Mobile applications

Engineer innovative ways for traders and investors to access information on the go.

Front office support applications

Improve organisations' interactions with their customers through intuitive technology.

Our tailored solutions

While our approach is always designed around your requirements, we have a range of tried-and-tested solutions tailored to your industry, which speed up delivery and drive a successful outcome.

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Trade Lifecycle Modernisation

Legacy trading systems are often complex and costly to modify. We partner with you to implement a decoupled, scalable cloud architecture that flexes to meet your evolving business needs while enhancing operational efficiency. Our framework facilitates the incremental migration of trade lifecycle data flows from tightly coupled legacy systems to a cloud-native pipeline.

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DORA Compliance Recommendation Tool (AWS D-CAT)

We are one of a small number of launch partners for AWS's D-CAT solution, which helps you assess your IT resilience against the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). Our consultants will guide you through a structured assessment and recommendations aligned with AWS best practices.

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Battle Testing Workshops

Software projects thrive when they begin with a clear, shared vision and a well-defined scope. These foundational elements help avoid common pitfalls such as delays, extensive rework, and unmet stakeholder expectations. In as little as 2–3 hours, our expert consultants will help you interrogate your idea to ensure it has clarity, alignment, and a robust path to success.

Uncovering opportunities for financial services organisations

Each year we co-author the industry-leading ‘State of Open Source in Financial Services’ report in collaboration with FINOS, the Fintech Open Source Foundation. The report looks at the challenges facing the industry in adopting more Open Source technologies – and where the opportunities lie.

Learn more

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Our latest insights

Our Capital Markets & Investment Banks YouTube playlist offers insights on challenges and opportunities to the sector from industry experts and Scott Logic's expert consultants.

Navigate our video content by clicking on the Playlist button (≡) on the video below.

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Through their coaching style, Scott Logic’s team has empowered individuals in their new DevOps roles.

John Hinks, Head of IT Systems, Rabobank

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